Unit 1 - Quiz 1 Review (Age of Discovery, Geo of N. America)

Fast ship that could sail with & against the wind, large cargo area, and shallow hull that could navigate shallow water

• navigation ship
• caravel
• astrolabe
• compass

This invention used the sun, moon, planets, and stars to help explorers navigate on the open ocean.

• Compass
• Astrolabe
• Quadrant
• Telescope

What were the 3 major motivating factors for Explorers?

• Gold, Silver, Treasure

• God, Glory, Gold

• God, Glory, Gallantry

• Honor, Justice, Reinhardt!

To sail around the globe is called

• circumstance
• circumnavigate
• circumference
• circumven

_____ started a school for navigators.

• Christopher Columbus

• Leif Ericson

• Henry the Navigator

• Marco Polo

The tallest mountain in the Appalachian Mountains is ___.

• Grandfather Mountain

• White Top Mountain

• Mount Mitchell

• Mount Rogers

What language do the people of Brazil speak?

• French

• Portuguese

• Spanish

• Italian

The ______ was a theoretical northern water route around North America to reach the Orient.

• Panama Canal

• Klondike gold rush route

• Strait of Gibraltar

• Northwest Passage

______ controlled the Holy Land during the Middle Ages.

• Jews

• Protestants

• Muslims

• Catholics

The first European to visit North America was ______.

• Henry the Navigator

• Marco Polo

• Christopher Columbus

• Leif Ericson